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Hot Hits
Earth, Wind & Fire
Wolf TrapTue. Jul 2 Enter a funky “Boogie Wonderland” with party-starting R&B band Earth, Wind & Fire.
Betty Buckley in Hello Dolly!
The Kennedy CenterJun. 25 – Jul. 7 Tony Award®-winning Broadway legend Betty Buckley stars in Hello, Dolly!—the universally acclaimed smash that NPR calls “the best show of the year!”
Iyanla Vanzant
StrathmoreWed. Jun 26 Iyanla Vanzant brings her Acts of Faith Remix Tour to Strathmore.
Disney's Aladdin
The Kennedy CenterJul. 18 – Sep. 7 Discover a whole new world at Disney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical!
Live from the Lawn: UkeFest Finale
StrathmoreWed. Aug 21 Features ukulele superstars Cathy Fink, Marcy Marxer, Daniel Ho, and Peter Luongo along with a mass strum-along.
Dear Evan Hansen
The Kennedy CenterAug. 6 – Sep. 8 The deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it.
Herbie Hancock with Kamasi Washington
Wolf TrapTue. Jul 30 Rejoice in an evening of jazz fusion and R&B!
Blackbeard
Signature TheatreJun. 25 – Jul. 7 Set sail with the most infamous pirate of all time in a riotous, rowdy high-seas adventure from the creators of The Witches of Eastwick, Brother Russia and The Fix.
American Ballet Theatre - Swan Lake
Wolf TrapJul. 11 – 13 his romantic fable of ill-fated passion, dreamlike transformation, and ultimate forgiveness set to Tchaikovsky’s glorious score inspires awe and wonder.
Disney Pixar's Coco: Concert & Film with NSO
Wolf TrapSat. Jul 27 A family-friendly, live-to-picture concert event
REMIX: K-Style
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Jun 27 Reveil in an evening of Korean culture with food tastings, specialty drinks, K-Pop with DJ duo Bae Bae, and a dance performance by Maholra Company
Spotlights
Rossini's The Barber Of Seville with the Wolf Trap Opera
Wolf TrapFri. Aug 9
Baseball Americana
Library of CongressThru Jul. 27
Road Dahl's Matilda the Musical
Olney Theatre CenterJun. 26 – Jul. 21
The Second City's America; It's Complicated!
The Kennedy CenterThru Aug. 11
The Architecture of the Folger Shakespeare Library
Folger Shakespeare LibraryThru Jan. 5, 2020
Ursula von Rydingsvard: The Contour of Feeling
National Museum of Women in the ArtsThru Jul. 28
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThru Jan. 5, 2020
REMIX: Express Yourself(ie)
Smithsonian National Portrait GalleryThu. Jul 25
50 Years of Stonewall: LGBTQ+ Activism in the U.S.
Library of CongressThru Jul. 11
Live from the Lawn: Band of Us
StrathmoreWed. Jul 17
Family Day: Secrets of Egypt
National GeographicSat. Jul 20
Rightfully Hers: American Women and the Vote
National ArchivesThru Jan. 3, 2021
